The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-16

surrounding OF this new building is his
torlc, and its wonderful architecture
comes out in striking contrast with the
moss covered structure below it.
1t is OF the Roman-Doric order, with q
touch here and there of the French Man
sard. 1t has four massive stories of gran
lte, and its roof is 1876 feet above the
ground. AS it rises from the river it vies
with the Washington monument In its
bigness. Stand by Davy Burns cottage
and take a look ut it. It's hundreds of
windows look out of their deep granite
castings at you through plate glass eyes,
and the cap Of each is carved with the
granite shield of the United States. Note
those Doric columns which support the
different stories. See the central portico
with its grove of symmetrical columns as
it rises i'll piers from story to story. Look
at the wide, easy granite steps leading to
the entrance doors. Walk about it and
drink in the beauty which looks down
upon you from every side, and you feel an
approach to that impression which comes
over You when you visit the great cathe-
drals of the world. You begin to appre-
ciate the poetry that may be embodied in
stone end mortar, and the solidity and
massiveness of the whole seem almost an
emblem of eternity. AT the entrance Of
the building on Pennsylvania avenue there
are stones in the portico which will weigh
twenty tons, or $1,000 pounds. The fat
test man in ongress-Barnes, of Georgia
weighs only 300 pounds. Itwould take
more than l30 such men to weigh as much.
The roof above you is the same solid
gray structure, and these two stones,
as weights, would pull down pair
OF mammoth scales if on the. other
end were put congress, the president and
the supreme court. Still everything is
smooth and symmetrical, and the marble
OF the Parthenon had not much finer
finish than has this iron gray granite.
over the doors are carvings of flowers
in stone, and at the right stony American
eagle looks down upon you as you go in.
Enter and you stand upon q mosaic floor.
Walk q few feet forward and you look
down long corridors, from the Gen.
ter of the roof of which hangs a
line of beautiful brass chandeliers,
each containing four brass torches
clasped in the handle of carved tree.
These $500 mahogany doors ut either side
lead to the Offices of the thousands of
clerks who are here carrying on the busi-
ness OF the government. Watchmen and
AAASoS~hSSAc
and now and then an intellectual looking
clerk moves quietly by with bundle of
papers in his hand. All the business per-
tanning to our army, our navy and to our
diplomatic service is done here, and each
of these rooms is full of enough inter
esting material to fill columns Of this pa
per. In the state department can show
you the archives of the government, and
when you have looked at the original con-
stitution of the United States, or an alma
mac of Jefferson, with marginal notes, if
you have permit from Secretary Bayard
you might be able to see letters which
have come to Uncle Sam from every king
and queen who has sat upon q throne since
oar origin rs government. In the navy
department they can show you how ships
are constructed, and how the nautical
almanac, the biggest, think, of its kind
in the world, is made, and in the war de-
partment are the archives of the Confed-
eracy and autograph papers covering the
wars and the soldiers of our history This
building, both architecturally and other
wise, win long continue to be one of the
most interesting structures of the United
States. FRANK G. CARPENTER.